A greenhouse represents far more than a bold
household fashion statement or the ultimate home accessory. A greenhouse represents a significant
investment in your family’s health, your home’s value and the planet’s future.
Visionary economists and environmentalists alike
predict that, as “the village” becomes the key unit of commerce and governance
around the world, more and more families will return to “family farming.” Earth conscious families will abandon “ornamental
horticulture, plowing-under lawns and flower beds for the sake of producing
their own all-natural fruits and vegetables. “This is the best of family
farming,” says an agriculture professor at the University of California. “No,
this is not family farming in the old-fashioned sense of plowing-up the old
homestead and growing corn, maize, cotton or hemp,” he explains. “This is
single-family farming in the 21st century sense of building and
maintaining sustainable agriculture for the family’s and community’s use.”
The visionaries and expert botanists especially
recommend every family ought to have a greenhouse. “Of course, we capitalize on
our greenhouse for year-round fresh produce,” says a happy Aussie home-farmer.
“But we especially use it to get ahead of the growing season in Victoria; we
nurture saplings for our orchard, and we nurse tender vegetable sprouts for
immediate transplanting when the weather heats up and we can expect decent
rains.”
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| Get the kids involved with gardening, they will learn so much about the process if they are hands-on. |
Four advantages
of greenhouse gardening
Avid greenhouse advocates stress both economic and
health benefits from complementing backyard garden plots with state-of-the-art
greenhouses. While they stress
working in their greenhouses lets them escape from the stress of everyday life
because their micro-environments give them sanctuary from their problems,
nevertheless they point to at least four extremely practical advantages of
keeping their greenhouse crops constantly growing and flourishing:
- They defy the elements
for year-round growing. Controlling light and shade,
water and heat, greenhouse gardeners maintain optimum growing conditions
for summer vegetables and berries.
Some have grown so proficient at managing their indoor crops that
they can harvest something new plus all the family favorites every
week. Just as importantly,
they can get a head start on seasonal plants grown from bulbs, and they
can incubate slow-developing trees and vines until they are fit for
outdoor survival.
- They protect growing
plants against pests. During the summer months,
insects and small animals feast on fledgling plants and brand new
fruit. Well-established
plants resist pests and produce enough that they can forfeit a few
delicacies to the critters.
Therefore, strategic greenhouse gardeners nurture their young
plants until they are ready to withstand the harrows and horrors of
backyard development.
Tomatoes and strawberries especially benefit from extra time in a
greenhouse.
- They boost their household
economies. Harvesting abundant crops, greenhouse
gardeners become exceptionally proficient at freezing and canning much of
their produce, and they share generously with friends and family. Still, they have more produce than
they can use, so they sell the excess at local farmers’ markets. One Geelong housewife exults, “I
actually gave up my work-a-day job to devote fulltime to my farming,
because I not only saved a tiny fortune but also made another tidy bundle
from selling the best of my homegrown produce.”
- They feed their families
nutrient-rich fresh fruits and vegetables. Of
course, family farmers run absolutely no risk of purchasing contaminated
produce. Just as importantly though,
they preserve all the nutrients in their fruits and vegetables by taking
them straight from the plant to the table. Commercially grown produce,
even if organically grown and carefully processed, loses between five and
10 percent of its vitamins and minerals for every day it spends in
transport, and the average commercial product spends at least seven days
in packing, transporting and retailing. A Victoria consumer expert says,
“When you buy commercial produce, you pay quite a bit more for quite a bit
less by comparison with homegrown or locally grown products.”
Depend on
Grow-Fresh Greenhouses for all your greenhouse needs.
When you plan, build and manage your greenhouse
carefully, you can grow anything and everything. For years now the professionals at Grow-Fresh Greenhouses
have designed, manufactured and guided installation of the nations finest polycarbonate
and glass greenhouses. No other
product from any other maker rivals Grow-Fresh for ease-of-use and
durability. Grow-Fresh staff
members are dedicated to providing every customer with exemplary service. Therefore, as you develop plans for your
family farm, count on your friends at Grow-Fresh to assist you every step of
the way.
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| A greenhouse will give you an abundance of fresh produce year round. |
Visit Grow-Fresh’s dazzling Display Centre in North
Geelong VIC. There, you will see
the whole line of Grow-Fresh greenhouses, glasshouses, equipment, tools and
accessories, all at the industry’s best prices. You can also call us on 1300
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